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Organisers behind a fundraiser for the Special Olympics have thanked Lady Gaga for helping them raise more than $1 million (£625,000) by plunging into an icy lake over the weekend (28Feb15-01Mar15). The Poker Face singer took part in the 2015 Chicago Polar Plunge on Sunday morning (01Mar15), braving the freezing waters of Lake Michigan along with her actor fiance Taylor Kinney and the cast of his TV show Chicago Fire, Hollywood star Vince Vaughn, and TV host Jimmy Fallon.
After taking the icy dip, Gaga later posted pictures of the event on her Instagram.com page, showing her entering the water on Kinney's shoulders and revealing that her wig froze, writing, "Feels so good to do things for a good cause like the Special Olympics. It's great (to) donate money, but also great to donate a gesture of love for those who deserve to be showered with it... My weave froze!! Taylor gave me his hat I thought my wig was gonna freeze into and become one with the lake."
Organisers raised a record-breaking $1.1 million (£687,500), and Casey Hogan, president of Special Olympics Chicago, thanked the pop superstar for helping to boost funds, telling the Associated Press, "She's pure heart. She came out for the cause - low-key, no press. It doesn't get any better than that."

"It's a very low key group. The boys actually sat around this year and did arts and crafts... Howard is painting these beautiful landscapes and flowers... he's really good...! Jimmy is an incredible artist... Justin draws pictures of zombie babies... and crazy monkeys and dead people." Actress Jennifer Aniston's recent couples vacation with her fiance Justin Theroux, U.S. radio personality Howard Stern and American talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and their wives was not quite what fans might expect.

Phil Collins wanted to storm off the stage in the middle of his Live Aid performance with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, insisting: "It was a mistake - I was not welcome." The ex-Genesis drummer was invited to pick up the sticks and join the former Led Zeppelin stars during their set at the U.S. leg of the historic charity concert in 1985.
However, in the run-up to the event fans began eagerly anticipating a Led Zeppelin 'reunion' and by the time the big moment came, Collins was convinced Page didn't want him on the stage and fellow percussionist Tony Thompson was hampering the drummer's efforts to keep time.
Collins has branded the performance a "disaster" and insists he wanted to walk off the stage but knew it would be the main talking point of the whole day.
He tells Q magazine, "I thought it was just going to be low-key and we'd all get together and have a blow, have a play. But something happened between that conversation and the day, and it became a Led Zeppelin reunion. I turned up and I was a square peg in a round hole. I was not welcome. Robert was happy to see me, but Jimmy wasn't.
"I went out there and as soon as we started I thought, 'This is a mistake.' You could sense that I wasn't welcome and Tony was not making life easy and if I could have walked off, I would have done. But then we'd all be talking about why Phil Collins walked off of Live Aid. So I just stuck it out. It was a disaster, really. Robert was not match-fit with his voice and Jimmy was out of it, dribbling. It wasn't my fault it was c**p."

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If you were to name the most important X-Men characters, there’s no doubt that Professor X, Magneto, and Wolverine would top everyone’s list. They’re the heroes of the series, representing the different sides of the mutants vs. humans debate, and the key figures around which most of the stories revolve. However, one name that might not appear on very many lists, despite being arguably just as important as those characters is Kitty Pryde. That’s because despite being a vital member of the X-Men, Kitty’s time on the silver screen has been negligible at best.
Kitty was created in the early 1970s after John Byrne and Chris Claremont were told to add some actual students into their “School for Mutants.” In the 40 years since she first appeared in the comics, she’s grown from a precocious, intelligent kid sister figure to a full-fledged member of the team and a leader in her own right. At age 14, she was made the youngest member of the team; she’s been a central character and a key figure in some of the most famous stories in the X-Men mythology and she was, in fact, the driving force and the main character behind one the most iconic arcs in the comic’s run, Days of Future Past.
And yet, when it comes to the films, Kitty has spent much of the time being shunted to the side in favor of expanding other characters’ storylines. She only barely appeared in X-Men and X2, getting two brief cameos and being mentioned in passing by Professor X. Of course, when you’re attempting to condense decades of comic books and characters into a two-hour film, concessions need to be made, and so Kitty was sacrificed for some of the older, more iconic characters.
So it was a big deal when X-Men: The Last Stand was released, as it promised to give Kitty the starring role she had long deserved. Unfortunately, the bulk of her screen time was focused on the love triangle between her, Iceman, and Rogue, effectively reducing her character to a cute girl who came between one of the franchise’s most important couples. Instead of showcasing any of the interesting aspects of her character – her intelligence, her confidence, her abilities – or even featuring some of her journey from student to hero, Kitty was instead used as a plot device designed to come between the young lovebirds.
Kitty did get one moment of glory in The Last Stand, when she saved Jimmy/Leech from the Juggernaut and helped him escape from Alcatraz and the government officials who were using him to cure mutants. However, her heroism was overshadowed by the conflict between Professor X and Magneto, and Wolverine’s angst about having to kill Phoenix even though he loved her. Kitty’s actions were the catalyst for the resolution of the film and yet they’re often forgotten in the wake of Wolverine’s heartbreak or Magneto’s loss of powers.
Kitty Pryde deserves better than that. As a character, she’s had one of the most compelling and complete story arcs in the X-Men series. She started out a confused little girl, used primarily to be the foil to the older, more experienced X-Men, but she quickly grew into her powers and found a place on the team. Kitty was still a teenager when her older self went back in time and stopped the assassination that would have resulted in the destruction of the world and mutant race. She single-handedly took down terrifying villains, she learned to love and accept her fellow classmates, and she was routinely a vital part of major rescue missions and plots to defeat Magneto. She even had a pet dragon that she could communicate with telepathically, and if Game of Thrones has taught us anything, it’s that the character with dragons is always the most exciting.
Even her relationships were more interesting and entertaining than anything the X-Men movies managed to come up with. She had a complicated on and off relationship with Colossus, one that spanned decades of comics and overcame their age difference, jealousy, alien healers, and even death. In each instance, Kitty asserts herself, choosing to pursue Colossus despite the obstacles in their way and putting herself first when she needs to. Neither one of them pine quietly after one another, only to be separated by forces beyond their control. It’s messy and complicated and allows both of them to take action and go after what they want, and Kitty is confident and tough throughout it all.
Her platonic relationships are just as interesting. In addition to her long-term friendships with the other mutant students, Kitty and Storm develop a close mother-daughter relationship; she becomes Wolverine’s favorite student and he becomes her mentor. They play a significant role in each other’s stories – they even starred in a spinoff series together – and it’s under his guidance that she begins to grow into the great hero she was meant to be. Since the film series is so intent of focusing every story on Wolverine, you’d think that his friendship with Kitty might come up once or twice, instead of her being stuck in the background while he broods.
Though she's no longer at the center of the story in X-Men: Days of Future Past, she is said to play a significant role in the film, one that establishes her as a vitally important character in the X-Men universe. It's an important step towards rectifying the way Kitty's been portrayed on screen, introducing fans who might not have read the comics to a key member of the team, and a complicated, compelling character who is more than just the "little girl who can walk through walls." The movie might still belong to Wolverine, Professor X, and Magneto, but at least Kitty will finally get a moment in the spotlight.
And maybe, if we're lucky, she might even get a spin off film of her own one day. Kitty Pryde deserves it.
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In the upcoming movie Neighbors, Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne play new parents who don’t realize the dream home they just purchased is next door to a frat house. Zac Efron is the leader of the fraternity who doesn't see the need to tone down the partying just because there's an infant next door. And just as they are adversaries in the film, real life Efron and Rogen represent opposite sides of the dude spectrum.
One is a buff heartthrob who rose to fame in Disney musicals. The other is part of Judd Apatow's comedy troupe with an unabashed love of weed. If you had the choice, though, who would you rather have as part of your crew: Efron or Rogen?
Team EfronLeading up to Neighbors, Efron has been parading around without a shirt so much that it's almost jarring when we see him fully dressed. Of course, if we had Efron's body we'd probably show it off as well. The former High School Musical star has been moving steadily into adult roles, but he's still retains the boyish charm of his teen idol days. Besides being gorgeous, thanks to the actor's background with Disney we know that he can also sing and dance… and having a bro around with musical talent is woefully underrated. Efron reportedly did a pair of stints in rehab in the last year, so the activities would have to be sober, but we can handle that. After all, our Instagram account would suddenly get a lot better looking.
Team RogenRogen's onscreen persona is seemingly only a slight exaggeration of his real self. Rogen started out with pals James Franco and Jason Segel on Apatow's much-loved Freaks and Geeks, and his role as a sarcastic schlub has largely provided the template for how the actor's been used ever since. Since he rose to stardom via Knocked Up, Rogen has become a favorite of talk show hosts for his willingness to tell funny, candid stories about his celebrity friends as well as his panache for helping out with any funny idea… whether that's doing a spoof of the Kanye West-Kim Kardashian Vogue photo shoot with Franco or teaming with Jimmy Kimmel for a parody of True Detective. His recreational choices are well known, but he manages to keep himself out of trouble by keeping everything low-key. He's the guy that you want sitting on your sofa goofing on Game of Thrones. He might not be a traditional stunner like Efron, but you're almost guaranteed to laugh when he's around.
Based on the recent video of the pair "auditioning" for the cubicle dwellers of Comedy Central's Workaholics, it seems as though hanging out with both Rogen and Efron would be a blast (you can check out the NSFW clip here). But, if you have to choose, who would it be… the pretty one or the funny one?
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Baywatch actor David Hasselhoff has called off the auction of a 14-foot (4.2-metre) long model made in his likeness after changing his mind about the sale so he could keep it in his possession. The larger-than-life prop, which features the actor in his Baywatch swim trunks outstretched in a swimming position, was created for The Spongebob Squarepants Movie in 2004.
It has since been used in a Comedy Central Roast of the actor, and U.S. late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel even turned it into his desk while he interviewed actress Emma Stone on his show last Thursday (03Apr14).
The piece was to be sold at part of a Julien's Auctions Hollywood memorabilia event beginning on Friday (11Apr14), and was one of the key pieces in the auction, which also features items from the estates of Greta Garbo and Jonathan Winters.
But Hasselhoff has now made the last-minute decision to pull the item from the charity auction after taking note of all the publicity it was receiving.
Julien's Auctions president Darren C. Julien tells The Hollywood Reporter, "He thinks so much of himself that he pulled it."
The estimated sale price for the model was between $20,000 (£11,914) and $30,000 (£17,871) and it already reached $28,000 (£16,680) in pre-auction bidding.

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As it was with Johnny Carson, it's impossible to underestimate the impact that David Letterman has had on late night television. Letterman, who announced last week that he will be retiring in 2015, bridged the gap between Carson and the old Hollywood guard and the Internet generation in ways that are still clearly evident in the shows that followed. From the pre-taped bits that he made a staple of his shows, to putting staff members on camera, to having a house rock band, everyone that has followed — including his primary competitor and former friend Jay Leno — stole liberally from Letterman. The man created not one but two different long-running network shows in Late Night and The Late Show that have made boatloads of money for NBC and CBS respectively. He may never have been warm and friendly, but there's no arguing with his results.
His decision to leave The Late Show after 22 years behind the desk (speculation is that he had promised his wife that he would leave at the end of his current contract), puts CBS on the clock to come up with a plan for his replacement. The network seems inclined to move quickly to announce a course of action so that they don't end up in the quandary that NBC did when Carson retired.
After some initial murmurs that CBS might go after one of NBC's castoff hosts, either Leno or Conan O'Brien, speculation has increased that Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, whose contract for The Colbert Report runs out at the end of this year. Considering that at one time it was Colbert's former boss Jon Stewart that was seen as the eventual successor to Letterman, the rumors have some weight. (Even though the network's own Craig Ferguson has been following Letterman's in the 12:30 a.m. time-slot, it also seems pretty clear that CBS won't seriously consider the oddball comic for the gig, which could lead him to leave when his contract expires.)
The bigger question becomes if Colbert, or any of the other potential choices that would seem acceptable to the fairly conservative suits at CBS, has the ability to compete against The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon or Jimmy Kimmel Live! As those two shows consistently raise the stakes with their competition (not just on the air, but in using social media), it seems clear that the landscape of late night is going in a younger, more interactive direction. Still, if there's one other comic who has maintained a healthy Internet presence, and media-active fanbase, throughout his time on TV, it's Colbert.
It seems unlikely, but might CBS be better served by going completely outside of the box and taking a chance on a lesser name, the way that NBC did when it replaced Letterman with the completely unknown O'Brien? They don't have to go quite that far, but someone like Comedy Bang! Bang! creator Scott Aukerman, or Comedy Central star Keegan-Michael Key, might be more willing to jump into the fray with Fallon and Kimmel and compete for younger viewers. Better yet, they each have established cohorts in Reggie Watts and Jordan Peele, respectively, who could come along for the ride.
As it has been since the days of Carson's departure, the late night shuffle will provide plenty of intrigue as CBS tries to sort out a succession plan. One thing that's certain, however, is that whoever may sit behind the desk at The Late Show is going to have to do some amazing work to someday approach Letterman's considerable legacy.
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Actor Jonah Hill had his plans for a quiet break at California's famous Hearst Castle ruined recently after Lady Gaga took over the estate to film a new music video. The Wolf of Wall Street star wanted to enjoy a low-key getaway before the Academy Awards next month (Mar14) by visiting the former home of media mogul William Randolph Hearst, which is now a state park, last week (ends14Feb14), but he reveals the trip was far from relaxing.
The Oscar nominee tells U.S. talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, "I wanted to take a trip just to clear my head and get away from all this Hollywood stuff and just go somewhere pretty and different and where I wouldn't see anyone from work or anything, so I decided to go up to Hearst Castle, which was beautiful...
"I was meant to have this private tour of the castle and I get there and they're shooting a Lady Gaga music video... There's just trucks and lights (everywhere) and I'm like, 'Oh no, this isn't a vacation at all!' and I knew all the teamster drivers, I'd worked with them on other films and stuff! I won't give away what the video's about because she's worked really hard on it, but I wasn't going to see 500 dancers... you know? But it was great, it was a beautiful castle, it just wasn't the desired escape that (I'd had in mind)."
Gaga agreed to help promote and preserve Hearst Castle by donating $250,000 (£156,250) to the estate's foundation in exchange for special permission to spend three days shooting a video at the architectural landmark.

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A wave of geek pride swept popular culture sometime in the latter half of the past decade — regrettably, long after many of us really needed it (damn those high school years). We've seen the phenomenon unfold in the form of Lucasfilm buzz, Star Trek reboots, and (most notably) the Marvel Universe on the big screen. Comic book devotees were not only seeing their favorite stories and characters take faithful shape in Disney's behemoth film franchise, but were sharing this love, for the first time, with everyone else. The mainstream.
As a subtle form of counterculture against an existing blockbuster fare so devoid of brains and heart that it bordered on nihilism, Hollywood grabbed for the passion that so many comic fans had been thriving on just below the scope of public awareness. Studios stumbled upon the pure gold that had been funding comic fandom for years, enlisting not those who might dilute the nerd lexicon with accessibility, but bona fide fluent-speakers to translate the language to the big screen: Joss Whedon, Matthew Vaughn, Joe Johnston, and the like. And the result wasn't an alienation of the American majority, but its integration with the flavorful subculture that had for so long offered shelter to those otherwise homeless. At last, being one of these long ostracized few was the key to popular authority. Encyclopedic knowledge about S.H.I.E.L.D., Asgard, and the Extremis virus became a bejewled anchor that'd dock you a coveted spot in any party conversation. Being a geek — historied, analytical, and didactic about these precious worlds — was finally in. So that would make it the perfect time to launch one of the Marvel Comics world's more obscure (at least compared to Iron Man) properties, Guardians of the Galaxy.
A film version of the Dan Abnett/Andy Lanning creation was first mentioned as a possibility back in 2010, ascending to the altogether surprising, exciting, and worrisome green light platform two years later, breaking public via an announcement at 2012's San Diego Comic-Con. We had only a few months prior seen The Avengers sock the American people with a regime of jingoistic solidarity that you'd ordinarily need a national tragedy to instill, but apprehensions remained: could Marvel Studios — yes, even that very Marvel Studios — get geeky enough for this wacko publication? But we might not have been asking the right question. A year and a half later, we have our first authentic taste of what the suits at Disney and their latest on-lot artisan James Gunn are offering with Guardians of the Galaxy. The trailer came forth via the good graces of Tuesday night's Jimmy Kimmel Live! (on the Mouse-handled network ABC), hitting the Internet moments later and eliciting every conceivable response from the Twittersphere: looks great, looks dumb, looks fun, looks weird, looks like magic, looks like trash, looks too... too...
"Geeky" wouldn't be the right word — far from it — though no one could claim that this seemed like your average blockbuster. Its hero, a sitcom star with a new vault-load of Lego Movie money (Chris Pratt), humorously laments the meager scale of his reputation and doles out the bird without reservation. Its second-in-commands are a cool-handed assassin (Zoe Saldana) and a shirtless bulge on a perpetual revenge quest (Dave Bautista). And then there's a raccoon and a tree (the voices of Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel, respectively). A gallery of rejects, introduced by John C. Reilly and a disapproving Peter Serafinowicz all in perfect tempo with an action montage and the musical stylings of Blue Swede. It's all pretty f**king gosh darn ridiculous, as such bound to ordain contesters: the vein-deep geeks so rigidly affixed to the spirited but sincere masterworks of Stan Lee, the Avengers franchise fans confused by the apparent shift in the comic book movie machine's gears. But just as Phase I came about as an act of defiance to the stoic norm, Guardians seems to be speaking on behalf of its own breed of second-class citizen. A legion from the social culture underbelly with even less claim to fertile territory than the geeks had. This is the beginning of a new wave for dork culture.
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Call it semantics, but you'll just be proving how estranged you are from each locale (although despite what the message boards tell you, there's no shame in not being any kind of nerd). Where the geeks are proud members of a long oppressed and unappreciated kingdom, dorks are more "man without a country" types. Perhaps more accurately identified as schmoes, goons, oddballs, outcasts, dinks, freaks, or (if you want to stick with the classics) weirdos, those in the dork variety don't boast the benefits of a grounded underworld, nor a bible to which they might adhere. The dorks — proverbial loners — have only themselves. Their intellect, their sense of humor. Where many geeks stray to science fiction and fantasy, dorks stray to comedy, a medium as readily conducive to inward speculation and innovation as the comic book scene's is to outward. As such, with action and adventure laying claim to the most popular of the cinematic world's genres (and no traditionally unified voice, by nature), it's been hard for the dorks to really get their blockbuster out there. But Guardians of the Galaxy looks like it, in a number of ways.
First, this is a movie about dorks, not geeks. Although The Avengers saw a spat of dissimilar heroes coming together for the greater good, that central conceit is what identifies them as members of the geek class. Separately or together, they're all part of something larger than themselves: justice. An element that is often shunned and cast away by the powers that be, but that holds strong and electric beneath the surface until inevitably erupting with righteous power. In Guardians, we have a collection of criminals. Vandals, renegades, murderers. People (and aliens, and rodents, and trees) whose only unifying quality seems to be strength in numbers, or maybe just a distaste for the very idea of authority. That doesn't mean we won't root for 'em, but you can bet it won't be the same old band-of-brothers story that we saw back in May '12.
On the same token, not a one of them seems to belong anywhere. Again, we compare with the Avengers crew: Steve Rogers reigned supreme in the WWII-era American Army, Tony Stark was the Steve Jobs of his own electronics industry, Thor staked claim to a literal throne back in Asgard. But look at the Guardians: Drax the Destroyer (Bautista) lost his planet and family, Gamora (Saldana) abandons her evil upbringing in favor of an existential (albeit still quite violent) journey, nobody's heard of Peter "Star-Lord" Quill (Pratt), and... again, do we even have to say anything about the raccoon and the tree? As Serafinowicz harumphs in the trailer, this team doesn't come off as your motley band of underdog heroes. They look like "a bunch of a-holes." (Hey, maybe that's the new subculture that Guardians is aiming for.)
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Second, this is a movie for dorks. Not only is it championing the agenda of these walking, shooting, and tree-ing bags of nonsense, it's doing so with the attitude that a dork approaches his or her every thought with. Sure, The Avengers was funny — and irreverent, no doubt — but it was sincere. Genuine all the way through in everything it shepherded from source to script to screen. Guardians, as much as we can tell so far, is an explosion in goofiness. It introduces its central hero with a joke — not only at his expense, but at that of the movie itself. It undermines its own severity over and over, with cursing intergalactic agents, an eruption of '70s pop music, and a destruction of all the principles on which the ideas of traditional heroism are founded. Logically speaking, it doesn't seem like we're supposed to root for or believe in these dinguses. They don't have the inherent nobility of your geek heroes — the moral fiber that stems from a grounding in worlds of tribalistic fantasy. These guys are free agents, and the movie looks like it is embracing that in its delivery of character, story, ambiance, and comedy. And that last one is the most important indicator here. Geek culture is riddled with fun, but takes its staples very seriously. There's no room for that when you're talking about dorks.
So why now? Why is a dork movement on the rise as a counter to the very uprising that dissipated mainstream nihilism? Really, its a breakdown of subcultures altogether... or a step toward this notion. Geek culture came about to usher in a "different" group. Movies had long spoken to a specific populace, ignoring the creative, deserving, eager collections of comic book aficionados. Geek culture gave rise to the Second World. But dork culture is the Third World, or maybe no World at all. The dork wave is about true individualism. No adherence to any cultural law above survivalism. Where the geeks spent decades building speakeasy churches in which to decree their gods and psalms sanct — quietly, lest the ruling classes catch wind of this heresy — the dorks have been working corners for a bite to eat, not buying into the political reign or to the defiant uprisings. Not worrying about (or successfully abetting the demands of) what demanded of either the mainstream or the geeky, just looking for the things that made them laugh, feel, and think.
They haven't been looking for a band with which to take up — as if they'd be welcome into one if they had — reveling instead in inimitability... not without a healthy sum of self-loathing, mind you (again, damn those high school years). Throughout, they knew, or hoped, that they had something figured out. That someday, past the downfall of the mainstream, past the uprise of geek culture, they'd get to tell their story on the biggest screens imaginable. And it all starts here. Crank the ooga chakas.
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Get ready, Hollywood, for there is an epic prank war happening in your midst. At this year's Golden Globes, hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler poked fun at, amongst many other things, George Clooney's perpetual bachelorhood, which Clooney interpreted as the perfect opening for a joke of his own. At a Sirius XM Town Hall event to promote his latest film, The Monuments Men, Clooney revealed that he had stolen some stationary belonging to his co-star Matt Damon — who the ladies jokingly called "a garbage person" at the awards — and wrote Fey and Poehler a long letter as Damon, in which he pretended to be terribly hurt by their jokes. In response, Fey and Poehler sent the unsuspecting Damon two huge fruit baskets, and attached a letter to each one. In the first, they apologized for hurting Damon's feelings, and asked for forgiveness. In the second, however, they revealed that they suspected the whole thing was Clooney's fault, and challenged the two to "step it up."
Whether Damon likes it or not, he has been officially roped into a prank war for the ages, and Clooney couldn't have picked two tougher opponents. But will Fey and Poehler's quick wit be enough to out-plot such a master prankster? We've evaluated the teams based on their prank history, special skills, and comedic talents to determine who we think will win the Great Celebrity Prank War of 2014. Will it be Everyone's Favorite A-listers or the Funniest Ladies Around?
Team Clooney and DamonPrank War History: Clooney is a seasoned prankster, and has become known amongst his friends and co-stars for always having a trick up his sleeve. When it comes to pulling pranks, Clooney's in a different league than everyone else. He never give up, and he never forgets. However, while Damon has assisted his friends and co-stars on a few pranks of their own, he's been dragged into this war against his will, which means he's likely not planning to give it his all. Longest Running Showdown: 11 years and counting for Clooney, opposite Brad Pitt. 8 years and counting for Damon, against Jimmy Kimmel. Free Time to Devote to Pranking: Damon's starring in one upcoming film, and the television pilot he and Ben Affleck are producing just got picked up. Plus, as he said on Letterman, he's got four kids. Clooney also has one upcoming film, but without any kids to contend with, he's basically got all the time in the world for pranks. Collective Number of SNL episodes hosted: 6 (5 for Clooney, one for Damon)Collective Number of 30 Rock episodes: 4, all Damon. Team Members from Boston (the pranking capital of America): Will Hunting himself, Matt Damon.Collective Number of "Sexiest Man Alive" Covers: 3Potential Prank Backup Team: Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck. Are They Considered to Be National Treasures?: Damon definitely is. It can go either way for Clooney. Special skills: An abundance of charm, the fact that Clooney doesn't appear to have any hobbies besides pranking, an absurd number of villas, great hair.Key Weakness: Damon doesn't seem that into it.
Team Fey and PoehlerPrank War History: Funnily enough, they once compared themselves to "Cloons and Damon" in an interview with Marie Claire, in which they joked about pulling pranks on each other while filming Baby Mama. However, neither one is particularly well known for pranking people, it's important to remember that, as they said in their letter to Damon, these are "grown-ass professional comedians" and as a result, they're not afraid of anything. They've both got years of improv, Saturday Night Live, and long-running sitcoms under their belt, so they know what's funny, and they're not afraid to look stupid in the name of comedy. Longest Running Showdown: Two years and counting for both of them and Taylor Swift. And only one side of that feud seems to be having fun.Free Time to Devote to Pranking: Both Fey and Poehler each have two young kids, which eats up a great deal of plotting time. Fey also has two upcoming films and two sitcoms in the works, while Poehler also has two films in the pipeline, as well as her role as Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation.Collective Years Spent at SNL: 17 (9 for Fey, 8 for Poehler)Collective Number of Sitcom Seasons: 14 (7 each for 30 Rock and Parks and Rec)Team Members from Boston: Amy "Boston" Poehler. Improv History: They spent 4 years at Second City in Chicago and Poehler is the co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade.Potential Prank Backup Team: Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers. Are They Considered to be National Treasures?: You betcha. Special Skills: Innate comedic timing, the kind of creativity spawned by three very weird shows, the ability to make everyone want to be their friend, great hair. Key Weakness: Poehler is considered to be the nicest woman in Hollywood.
Overall Winner: Team Fey and Poehler. Clooney's got the experience and dedication, but his reluctant teammate may hurt him in the long run. Fey and Poehler might not have such a storied pranking history, but they've got plenty of creativity and they're always willing to commit to a bit. We're going to give this one to the ladies. Your move, Clooney.
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